Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk Show more
Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music. Show more
Donald Macleod explores a period of illness and suffering in Schuman’s life, when he also completed his exuberant piano concerto. Show more
Exploring the connections between songs by Britten and Wolf that look at the nocturne. With pianist Joseph Middleton and presented by Sarah Walker. Show more
Penny Gore presents Monteverdi's The Return of Ulysses in a Royal Opera production staged at the Roundhouse in London in 2018. Christian Curnyn conducts the Early Opera Company. Show more
Gould Piano Trio perform live in the studio ahead of their concert at Cadogan Hall, and Katie talks to pianist Bertrand Chamayou about his new record of works by Richard Strauss. Show more
Tom McKinney's classical music mixtape reflecting Mental Health Awareness Week: an imaginative, eclectic mix of music he has turned to for solace and peace of mind. Show more
At the Baroque at the Edge festival leading performers including Lucy Crowe and Nicholas Mulroy explore the zone where the worlds of folk, dance and baroque music meet. Show more
Free Thinking
Lost cities, 20s divas and 2011 uprisings
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Ten years after the popular protests in Tahrir Square, Anne McElvoy discusses Egypt, past and present, with Dina Rezk, Raphael Cormack and Edmund Richardson. Show more
Opera singer Peter Brathwaite invites us in to the trailblazing, luminous voice of baritone Robert McFerrin, in a personal exploration of what makes it - and him - so special. Show more
Hannah Peel with a magical sonic journey for late-night listening. This episode was first broadcast in November 2020. Show more
Elizabeth joins the dots between modern ambient compositions and African musical traditions, via new music from Nairobi’s KMRU and Reich’s fascination with Ghanaian drums. Show more
Distinguished pianist and Bach specialist Sir András Schiff gives a performance of the complete second volume of The Well-Tempered Clavier at the 2018 BBC Proms. With John Shea. Show more
